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This is awesome! I love this kind of games - they are very fun and educational at the same time.

If you're like me, you might enjoy these as well:

1. Microcorruption - https://microcorruption.com/ (a game that teaches about embedded systems and security basics)

2. Over the Wire - http://overthewire.org (several games based on Web security)

3. WeChall - http://www.wechall.net/ (a big list of games with progress tracking)




The Microcorruption folks are in beta for 'Jailbreak' along the security angle again. They are also doing Stockfigher a trading simulator. https://www.stockfighter.io


Scalatron is another great one https://scalatron.github.io/ "a free, open-source programming game in which bots, written in Scala, compete in a virtual arena for energy and survival"


Continuing the theme of replying to this post with good examples of these kinds of game: https://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/ ("a user javascript adventure game")


Ruby Warrior is another great one. I had a lot of fun with it when I needed to learn Ruby for work. https://www.bloc.io/ruby-warrior


Is there any way past the first level besides logging in with facebook?

A friend of mine just started (yesterday) looking at Ruby stuff and this looks awesome, but I wouldnt recommend any service that has an impassable FB login after level 1.


You can use the original without logging in to anything. It doesn't have the graphical elements, but in my recollection, the game is the same otherwise.

https://github.com/ryanb/ruby-warrior




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